Index of themes: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Contributor (talk | contribs) (Copy edit for formatting) |
m (List of themes moved to Index of themes) |
||
| (11 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
| Line 36: | Line 36: | ||
* [[Feminist SF Erotica]] | * [[Feminist SF Erotica]] | ||
* [[Lesbian Romances]] | * [[Lesbian Romances]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Works featuring situational homosexuality]] | ||
* [[Same-Sex Sexuality]] | * [[Same-Sex Sexuality]] | ||
==Gender and society== | ==Gender and society== | ||
* | * [[List of works with gender role reversal]] | ||
* [[Gender Ratios]] - women-only worlds, men-only worlds, scarcity of a sex | * [[Gender Ratios]] - women-only worlds, men-only worlds, scarcity of a sex | ||
* [[Separatism]] - sexes living apart | * [[Separatism]] - sexes living apart | ||
| Line 50: | Line 50: | ||
* [[Dystopia|Dystopias]] & [[Utopia|Utopias]] | * [[Dystopia|Dystopias]] & [[Utopia|Utopias]] | ||
* Sotto Voce Feminism: Assuming without Examining | * Sotto Voce Feminism: Assuming without Examining | ||
* [[Women and war]] | |||
==Rewritings, herstory, and telling untold stories== | ==Rewritings, herstory, and telling untold stories== | ||
| Line 56: | Line 57: | ||
==Characterization== | ==Characterization== | ||
* ''See [[:category:Characterization|Characterization]] | * ''See [[:category:Characterization|Characterization]] | ||
* [[Character]] | |||
* [[Encyclopedia of female characters]] | |||
* The Super-Heroic Woman | * The Super-Heroic Woman | ||
* Reclaiming the Every-Day Heroic Women | * Reclaiming the Every-Day Heroic Women | ||
| Line 82: | Line 85: | ||
[[Category:Themes]] | [[Category:Themes and tropes| ]] | ||
[[Category:Indexes]] | |||
Latest revision as of 18:05, 15 April 2008
Reproduction, sexuality, and gender-oriented themes
Aspects of reproduction
- Menstruation
- Abortion
- Birth control
- Childbirth, Labor, Delivery
- Breastfeeding, Nursing, Breast Milk
- Infertility & Sterility
- see The Body
Methods of reproduction
Social aspects of reproduction
Gender and sex
- Three-Way Sexual Reproduction seems to usually involve a third sex/gender
- Neuter & Androgynes
- Hermaphrodites & Intersexed
- Sex-Changing Societies or Species
- Individual Ability to Change Sex
- Transgendered Characters
- Gender Ambiguity - one or more characters in a story is gender-ambiguous (usually on purpose by the author)
- Gendered "Otherness" Experiences in the Body
- Other Gender Stories
Sexuality, preferences, orientations, and behaviors
Gender and society
- List of works with gender role reversal
- Gender Ratios - women-only worlds, men-only worlds, scarcity of a sex
- Separatism - sexes living apart
- Matriarchies
- Patriarchies
- Sex Wars
- Coming of the Patriarchy
- Women's vs. Men's Magic/Technology/Skills
- Dystopias & Utopias
- Sotto Voce Feminism: Assuming without Examining
- Women and war
Rewritings, herstory, and telling untold stories
Characterization
- See Characterization
- Character
- Encyclopedia of female characters
- The Super-Heroic Woman
- Reclaiming the Every-Day Heroic Women
Gender, the body, and social performance
- The Body (body image, beauty standards; body modification; menstruation, pregnancy, nursing; Aging; sexuality)
- Linguistics, Language & Sexism (see, e.g., Names & Naming, per and Naming Conventions)
- Sex, Erotica, Romance
Gender and the Other
- Women and Nature, the Wild, Animals
Gender and the Self
- Madness & Insanity
References
- Imagined Sexual Futures by Dr. Elisa Kay Sparks
- Quick Lists: Themes, Characters, Genres, and "if you like..." Lists by Laura Quilter and others at feministsf.org
- Women's Rights and Women's Images in Science Fiction by Christine Alice Corcos
- James Tiptree, Jr. Award lists
- Science Fiction & Fantasy by Women
- Alternative Sexualities in Fantasy and SF Booklist by Mary Anne Mohanraj
General works on SF themes
- Thomas Clareson. Many Futures, Many Worlds: Theme and Form in Science Fiction. (1977)